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On Wed, May 03, 2023 at 12:12:12PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > So, are you dropping your NACK then, so we can standardize the kernel on
> > the way everything else does it?
> 
> No, you are breaking existing users. The NAK stays.
> The whole discussion after that is to make the way on how users can
> utilize your format and existing format without multiplying APIs.

Dave seems to think we shouldn't be, and I'm in agreement.